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Specialist High Skills Majors students visit Cowbell
Getting to know Cowbell
Students in the Specialist High Skills Majors program at several local schools visited Blyth
Cowbell Brewing Company near Blyth to get to know more about the company's carbon -
neutral initiatives and business practices before tackling a special project focused on the
performance space Cowbell is planning to create south of the village. Above, Chief Storyteller
Floyd Herman explains some of the finer points of the business to students from Goderich
District Collegiate Institute and F.E. Madill Secondary School. Back row are Kayleigh Allinson,
left and Brooklynn Ouimet. Middle row, From left: Mr. Jeff Cowan, Paige Malley, Jamie Balina
and Shannon Squire. Front row are Brandon Hays, left, and Colin Barbour. Below, the students
then later took in a career panel featuring several Cowbell employees. From left: Executive
Chef Alexandre Lussier, Financial Controller Amanda Bekkers, Assistant Manager of the
General Store Hunter Kirkby, Manager of Human Resources Stephanie Portelance and Vice -
President of Operations Natasha Fritzley. (Dennyscottphotos)
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
Specialist High Skills Majors
(SHSM) students from four area
secondary schools visited Blyth
Cowbell Brewing Company on
March 22 and March 26 to learn
about the advancements that went
into constructing the company's
facility on the south end of the
village.
HE costs
top $160K
last year
Huron East spent just over
$160,000 on its governance in 2017.
Staff presented council with its
annual statement of remuneration
and expenses at its March 20
meeting.
Huron East Mayor Bernie
MacLellan led the way with a total
remuneration of $16,928.40.
MacLellan was paid an honourarium
of $8,305 and $5,371.53 for
meetings. He was paid $1,753.34 for
conventions last year, as well as
$645.61 in mileage and $852.92 in
miscellaneous expenses.
Second on the list was Councillor
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Experiential Learning Co-
ordinator Jodi Froud explained that
both the Avon Maitland District
School Board and Cowbell were
happy with how the day progressed.
"The students really enjoyed it and
had a lot of fun," she said.
Froud was at both days. On Friday,
students from Goderich District
Collegiate Institute (GDCI) and F.E.
Madill School attended Cowbell.
Students were split into groups
which toured the grounds, learning
about economic development,
hospitality, tourism and carbon
neutral and closed-loop
environmental initiatives resulting in
energy and water efficiencies.
Prior to lunch, a special career
panel was held where Cowbell
professionals outlined their
education, pathway to work
experience, Cowbell responsibilities
and interview skills and the aspects
of the company that are unique
thanks to their efforts.
"In the afternoon, students were
put into small groups and told to
think about all the things they
learned during the tours," Froud
said. "They were instructed to take
pictures and keep track of different
features that highlighted sustain-
ability, the vision of Cowbell and the
importance of community in the
business. In small groups, they were
instructed to put together a proposal
of what the natural amphitheatre
where cowbell would host three to
five events a year would look like."
Students were instructed to keep in
mind that the amphitheatre would be
temporary and natural and would
have to keep in mind considerations
for accessibility as well as the
nearby community of Blyth, keeping
in mind things like noise levels and
parking.
"Each group did a presentation,
and each group had their own way of
showing what they had worked on,"
Froud said. "Some had slide shows
with pictures, others had used an app
to animate their presentation and
others had sketched out the
amphitheatre. It was pretty
incredible."
Froud explained that the students
taking part in the visit were from
various SHSM programs. Madill's
students, for example, were from the
construction SHSM program.
The collaboration was spear-
headed by Cheryl Peach, a former
educator who is now one of
Cowbell's chief storytellers, a group
of tour guides educated in all the
green technologies at the site.
"I had read about the features
Cowbell had," Froud said. "I knew
they were looking to be carbon -
neutral"
The SHSM teachers with the Avon
Maitland District School Board were
looking for opportunities to connect
students with local businesses to
meet curriculum requirements and
Cowbell fit the bill, Froud said.
She said students found the
program worthwhile, referencing the
opportunity as a unique chance to
learn about social consciousness
while running a business.
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